HOME INVASION Pt 5: The Spiral Staircase (1946) & Dial M For Murder (1954)
The Evolution of Horror
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The Mute Rape Survivor
This film predates Johnny Belinda from 1948, the Jane Wyman and Lou Ayres film. But in that film, we have the mute rape survivor. And that becomes a really strong thread through rape revenge films, especially, but also films like Speak from 2004 with Kristen Stewart. The figure of the mute rape survivors is, it really permeates rape revenge especially, butAlso just films about sexual violence more broadly.
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